i have created a install of vb express 2008 so it will be portable. It works except for the fact that it tells me that custstat.dll is missing. But that is in one of the folders that it contains please tell me how to fix it thx. Oh and please tell me how to put it on this site through this post. so you can see for your self. thx.
You can't put this on PortableApps.com. It is not open-source. And second, just put custstat.dll into the directory where the .exe is.
Billy Ellison, developer of Warzone 2100 Portable
The express one is open source. Where would i upload it so i can give a link?
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Being free doesn't automatically make it open-source.. the Microsoft EULA still apply, and it is not licensed under GPL.
Also, only the installer for it is available. You can't compile Visual Basic Express itself, since you don't have the source.
If you want to make a VB.NET IDE Portable, you should make #develop portable. It is also a C# and a boo IDE.
http://www.sharpdevelop.net/OpenSource/SD/
I found one awhile ago and it worked but the fact is that the link to it is now dead! I will try to post the link if i can find it but it does not work.
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I found a portable version of it does anyone know of a way to use the .net framework w/out admin rights to install it? Several computers i have used at my school don't have it so i need to find a way to put it on my flash drive. Thanks for the previous help, if anyone wants i will try to post a link to #develop portable if i can find it. When you go to the link you will have to download the doc rename it to a zip then uncompress it.
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There is currently no legal way to handle .NET portably. .NET is not portable.
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One of the old Visual Studio Express IDEs might work portably since they don't require .NET runtime. However, they still can't be posted on here because of GPL restrictions and all that, so you'd have to keep it private.
I think i will just make a portable # develop since the previous one is dead.
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you could try the mono.net which is a project belonging to Mono-Project group and is an open-source implimentation of the .net framework and includes a c# compiler (and also IDE)
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I have never used it. I was thinking about # develop. Since this link Sharp develop portable is now dead.
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i found a #develop portable all it needs is the .net framework which several comps at my school does not have. If any wants i will post the link.
Instructions:
Download doc
Rename to zip
uncompress on flash drive
Your ready to go!
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not bad to post a link if it's not against forum rules.
Portable Sharpdevelop
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The only bad thing is i don't know how to find an open source version of the .net framework it needs to run
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There isn't one and it can't be done legally.
https://portableapps.com/node/20691#comment-135931
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And it can automatically download and install the .NET framework on machines that do not have it (after asking you). However, this requires admin rights. See here.
EDIT: There is also a howto for making a portable version of #Develop on the sharpdevelop blog, here. It doesn't make it in portableapps format, but that's easy enough to fix.
Crazy2be the first link you mentioned is technically dead. The versions mentioned there no longer exist, as the site give a german thing that i think basically explains that the internet explorer could not display the page or something.
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